kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Matt Fleming d4335581dc sched/fair: Add comments to explain select_idle_sibling()
It's not entirely obvious how the main loop in select_idle_sibling()
works on first glance. Sprinkle a few comments to explain the design
and intention behind the loop based on some conversations with Mike
and Peter.

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1457535548-15329-1-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-03-21 10:52:51 +01:00
..
bpf bpf: fix branch offset adjustment on backjumps after patching ctx expansion 2016-02-10 16:56:47 -05:00
configs
debug mm/init: Add 'rodata=off' boot cmdline parameter to disable read-only kernel mappings 2016-02-22 08:51:37 +01:00
events Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 09:32:27 -07:00
gcov gcov: use within_module() helper. 2015-12-04 22:46:25 +01:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 12:48:48 -07:00
livepatch livepatch: Cleanup module page permission changes 2015-12-04 22:51:07 +01:00
locking locking/lockdep: Detect chain_key collisions 2016-02-29 10:32:29 +01:00
power PM: APM_EMULATION does not depend on PM 2016-01-27 23:20:14 +01:00
printk kernel: printk: specify alignment for struct printk_log 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
rcu Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 13:50:29 -07:00
sched sched/fair: Add comments to explain select_idle_sibling() 2016-03-21 10:52:51 +01:00
time Merge branch 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 12:13:56 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-14 17:58:53 -07:00
.gitignore certs: add .gitignore to stop git nagging about x509_certificate_list 2015-10-21 15:18:35 +01:00
acct.c
async.c async: export current_is_async() 2015-11-19 17:51:48 +01:00
audit_fsnotify.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
audit_tree.c audit: audit_tree_match can be boolean 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
audit_watch.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
audit.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2016-01-17 19:13:15 -08:00
audit.h security: Make inode argument of inode_getsecid non-const 2015-12-24 11:09:39 -05:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix comment block whitespace 2015-11-04 08:23:51 -05:00
auditsc.c security: Make inode argument of inode_getsecid non-const 2015-12-24 11:09:39 -05:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c cgroup: kill cgrp_ss_priv[CGROUP_CANFORK_COUNT] and friends 2015-12-03 10:24:08 -05:00
cgroup_pids.c cgroup_pids: fix a typo. 2015-12-14 14:54:37 -05:00
cgroup.c cgroup: make sure a parent css isn't freed before its children 2016-01-22 10:42:58 -05:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Switch to new static_branch API 2015-11-24 09:56:43 +01:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: fix cpu_cluster_pm_exit comment 2015-09-03 02:42:20 +02:00
cpu.c cpu/hotplug: Document states better 2016-03-12 20:57:38 +01:00
cpuset.c cpuset: make mm migration asynchronous 2016-01-22 10:22:46 -05:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
delayacct.c kmemcg: account certain kmem allocations to memcg 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c exit: remove unneeded declaration of exit_mm() 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: remove duplicated include 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
fork.c mm: rework virtual memory accounting 2016-01-14 16:00:49 -08:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
futex.c futex: Replace barrier() in unqueue_me() with READ_ONCE() 2016-03-08 17:04:02 +01:00
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
jump_label.c treewide: Remove old email address 2015-11-23 09:44:58 +01:00
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec_core.c kexec: Set IORESOURCE_SYSTEM_RAM for System RAM 2016-01-30 09:49:57 +01:00
kexec_file.c x86, kexec, nvdimm: Use walk_iomem_res_desc() for iomem search 2016-01-30 09:49:59 +01:00
kexec_internal.h kexec: move some memembers and definitions within the scope of CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
kexec.c kexec: set KEXEC_TYPE_CRASH before sanity_check_segment_list() 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
kmod.c kmod: don't run async usermode helper as a child of kworker thread 2015-10-23 17:55:10 +09:00
kprobes.c
ksysfs.c rcu: Remove TINY_RCU bloat from pointless boot parameters 2015-12-07 16:59:37 -08:00
kthread.c kernel/kthread.c:kthread_create_on_node(): clarify documentation 2015-09-04 16:54:41 -07:00
latencytop.c sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
Makefile sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
membarrier.c sys_membarrier(): system-wide memory barrier (generic, x86) 2015-09-11 15:21:34 -07:00
memremap.c Merge branch 'core-resources-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-14 15:15:51 -07:00
module_signing.c KEYS: Merge the type-specific data with the payload data 2015-10-21 15:18:36 +01:00
module-internal.h
module.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/livepatching 2016-02-18 16:34:15 -08:00
notifier.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2015-09-01 08:40:25 -07:00
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c printk: do cond_resched() between lines while outputting to consoles 2016-01-16 11:17:25 -08:00
params.c Nothing exciting, minor tweaks and cleanups. 2015-11-09 15:53:39 -08:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-01-31 15:44:04 -08:00
profile.c sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
ptrace.c ptrace: use fsuid, fsgid, effective creds for fs access checks 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
range.c
reboot.c kexec: split kexec_load syscall from kexec core code 2015-09-10 13:29:01 -07:00
relay.c wrappers for ->i_mutex access 2016-01-22 18:04:28 -05:00
resource.c Linux 4.5-rc6 2016-03-04 12:12:08 +01:00
seccomp.c seccomp: always propagate NO_NEW_PRIVS on tsync 2016-01-27 07:38:25 -08:00
signal.c signals: avoid random wakeups in sigsuspend() 2016-02-05 18:10:40 -08:00
smp.c Merge branch 'smp-hotplug-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-03-15 13:50:29 -07:00
smpboot.c cpu/hotplug: Unpark smpboot threads from the state machine 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
smpboot.h cpu/hotplug: Create hotplug threads 2016-03-01 20:36:56 +01:00
softirq.c sched/debug: Fix preempt_disable_ip recording for preempt_disable() 2016-02-29 09:53:10 +01:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c kernel/stop_machine.c: remove CONFIG_SMP dependencies 2016-01-16 11:17:24 -08:00
sys_ni.c vfs: add copy_file_range syscall and vfs helper 2015-12-01 14:00:53 -05:00
sys.c prctl: take mmap sem for writing to protect against others 2016-01-20 17:09:18 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
task_work.c task_work: remove fifo ordering guarantee 2015-09-05 13:46:58 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c torture: Consolidate cond_resched_rcu_qs() into stutter_wait() 2015-10-06 11:25:01 -07:00
tracepoint.c tracepoint: Give priority to probes of tracepoints 2015-10-25 21:33:54 -04:00
tsacct.c time, acct: Drop irq save & restore from __acct_update_integrals() 2016-02-29 09:53:09 +01:00
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c kernel/*: switch to memdup_user_nul() 2016-01-04 10:27:55 -05:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c Merge branch 'for-4.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2016-01-11 18:53:13 -08:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: handle NUMA_NO_NODE for unbound pool_workqueue lookup 2016-02-10 12:13:05 -05:00